Legal Dictionary
Main Entry:
natural objectFunction:
noun : a person likely to be the recipient of some thing or action;
especially : a person who is close to or related to a person dying whether testate or intestate, who would reasonably be expected to receive a share of the estate, and who may be so recognized in the absence of a will or in a will contest —usually used in the phrase
natural object of one's bounty natural objects of a testator's bounty, were…residuary legatees —Lomon v. Citizens Nat'l. Bank & Trust of Muskogee, 689 Pacific Reporter, Second Series 306 (1984)>
